Strategic Content Manager - Africa

About the role

A full-time Strategic Content Manager is needed in Harare, Zimbabwe, to own the Africa content and storytelling strategy. The role sets the editorial vision and annual storytelling roadmap, leads content planning and serves as the lead storyteller, writer and editor for the Africa region.

Key responsibilities

• Define storytelling frameworks, editorial standards, voice, tone and content governance, and advise leadership and program teams on strategic storytelling.
• Identify and develop stories from landscapes, communities, Indigenous Peoples, conservation practitioners, scientists, donors, partners and staff, turning complex scientific and technical information into clear, audience-centred narratives.
• Produce feature stories, long-form articles, case studies, donor stories, scripts, blogs and impact reports, and lead multimedia projects such as video, photography and audio.
• Travel to field sites for reporting and interviews, and work with photographers, videographers, designers and production partners.
• Review and edit content from internal contributors and external partners, and provide editorial guidance across the Africa region.
• Maintain a library of approved stories and assets, monitor content effectiveness with analytics and engagement metrics, and partner with philanthropy, conservation, science, policy, country and digital teams.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications, Media Studies, English or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated experience developing content strategies and managing editorial pipelines.

Required skills

• Exceptional writing, editing, interviewing and narrative development skills.
• Experience producing content across written, digital, visual and multimedia formats.